Washing machine



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WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICTION man ocr n, 1920.

Patented Apr.' 4, 1922.

H. SIEBEN. WASHING MACHINE.

APPLlCATlON FILED OCT '11, 192'0.

1,411,750.` 4 PatentedAprA, 1922.

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@noem/tez H. SIEBEN. WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT II,I920 l 1,411,750. Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

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vwewtoz UNITED sTATEs HENRY SEBEN', 0F KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

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Specieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

Application led October l11, 1920. Serial No. 416,098.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY SIEBEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to lwhich it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the` letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.v

This invention relates to washing machines and more particularly to one wherein articles to be cleansed are rubbed and pressed against .the rubbing surface by a vertically reciprocatory and rotatable agitator.

Fig. 1 is a view4 partly in elevation and partly in section of a washing machine constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view at right angles to the view shown in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the drivingear for the mangle and wringer.

ig. L1 is a sectional view through the main driving gear, showing the manner of driving the frtneohanism for the wringer and mangle sha Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of the` clutch mechanism for connecting thel agi. tator drive to the main drive.

Fig. 6 is a detail view of the agitator re#- ciprocating and rotating means.`

Fig. 47 is a sectional view on the line 7 7 of Fig. .3, and

Fig. 8 is a detail agitator.

Fig. 9 is a detail view of one of the notche lock projections, and

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the steam conduits.

Referring now to the drawings by numerals of reference:

1 designates a clothes receptacle supported upon a suitable frame consisting of the top 2, the bottom 3, verticals 4 and diagonals 5, the base or bottom 3 being preferably supported upon castors 6 to render the machine perspective view of the easily portable. The receptacle 1 is fastened to the top beam 2 of the frame in any suitable manner and beneath the same and secured to the frame is a burner 7 by means of which the water within the receptacle 1 may be heated.

Suitably supported above the bottom of the receptacle 1 isa false bottom or rubbing surface 8, shown as consisting of a concavo convex disk, inclined from `the periphery toward the center, the central portion beingl formed with a perforate, semi-spherical or substantially semi-spherical dome 9, which is perforated to permit thesuds to drain back into the sediment chamber lformed bythe space between the bottom of the receptacle 1 and the false bottom 8.

The false bottom is also provided with radial ribs or corrugations 10,^as clearly indicated in Fig. 1.

Extending' vertically along the inner wall of the receptacle 1 are spaced steam conduits 11preferably V-shaped in cross section, the portions extending above the false vbottom 8 being provided with perforations 12 whereby steam and boiling water from the sediment chamber 13 may be directed up over .the clothes within the upper chamber 14.'

.Extending through the top to hereinafter. The shaft 16 is provided with a cylindrical portion 18 having a groove 19 of .relatively deep pitch, which Ais guided in a loo-p 20 on a bracket 21 carried by the top 15 of the receptacle 1. There is a pin or projection 22 extending-through the loop 20 and into the groove 19 so that, when the shaft 16 is reeiprocated, the pin 22 will ride in the groove 19 and cause a rotative movement to be imparted to said shaft 16, as will be apparent hereinafter.

Mounted upon the shaft 16 is a yokeshaped actuator 23, the upper lateral arm 24 of which constitutes a bearing for the 15 of the re'-y ceptacle l is a vertical shaft'16, which carries the agitator 17, to be specifically referred upper end of the shaft 16, there being a yoke-sha ed member 23 is provided with an elon ate slot 28, in which rides a roller 29 on a lin 30, mounted upon a shaft 31, journaled in a bearing casting 32`on .the top 15. The shaft 31 is provided ,withla sliding clutch member 33, between which nd the casting 32 is a coil spring 34, normallytending to move the clutch member 33 into engagement with a clutch member 35 on a drive shaft 36 driven b appropriate-mechanism from the motor which supplies the power.

The clutch member 33 can be withdrawn out of engagement with the clutch member 35 by the pivoted lever 37, the eccentric end 38 of which is connected to the link 39 in engagement with the member 33. Therefore, when the lever is thrown into the position shown in'F ig. 5, the clutch member 33 will be withdrawn from engagementwith 35 but when it is swung from left to right to permit the spring 34 to expand, the two clutch members 33 and y35 will be clutched together.

Therefore, the shaft 31 will be driven. The

Ashaft 3l is connected to the link 30 so that as the shaft 31 is rocked, the roller 29 Will move in slot 28 and cause an up-anddown movement to be imparted to the yoke-shaped member 23, consequently imparting an upand-down movement to the shaft 16, and

throu h the medium of the cylinder 18, slot d pin 22, an oscillatory movement will' 19 an be imparted to the shaft 16 so as to impart a corresponding movement to the rubber 17 carried thereon. The rubber 17 is shown as comprising a perforate disk having a plurality of convexities 40, in'spaced relation between the perforations 41 and in co-operation with the false bottom 18, which constitutes the rubbing surface so as to loosen the dirt from the clothes. The shaft 36 is provided withy a crank 42, connected by a link 43 to a crank 44 on the shaft 45, rigidv with the gear 46 in the case 47. The gear 46 meshes with a gear 48 on a shaft 49 provided with a pulley 50, aligning with the pulley 51 on lthe drive shaft 52 of the motor 53 and motion is communicated from the pulley 51 to the pulley 50 through abelt 54. The motor is supported upon a slide 55 in guides f 56 on the bottom of the frame which supports the clothes receptacle and there is a tension spring 57, one end of which is connected to the slide and the other anchored to one of the bars of the lower portion of the frame so that there will be a normal tendency to pull the slide away from the pulley 50 to maintain the belt taut under all conditions.

When the motor is operating and the shaft 45, through its gearing, is rotated, the link 43 will impart a rocking motion to the crank 42, imparting a corresponding motion "to the shaft 36 so that the yoke-shaped memoscillatory motion will be imparted to the rubber 17..'

The shaft 45 which carries gear 46 also carries a beveled gear 58, which meshes with a beveled ear 59 on the shaft 60 in the gear case 61. The shaft 60 (Figs. 3 and 4) drives a beveled gear 62 meshing with opposite gears 63 and 64 which, in turn, mesh with a gear` 65, 'all of the gears rotatin when the gear 60 rotates. The gears 62 an 65, however, are normally loose on the shaft 60 and either is adapted to be directly driven from the shaft 60 through a' double-faced clutch 66, as will be well understood by reference to Figs. 3 and 7, the shifting of the clutch being effective in causing a reversal 4of rotation ofthe shafts 67 and 68 connected to the gears 63 and 64.

The shaft 67 is adapted to drive a mangle shaft 69 when the clutch 70 is moved into engagement with the pin or clutch member 71. If the clutch member 72 on shaft 68 is moved into engagement with the clutch member or pin 73 on the wringer shaft 74, the wringer rolls will be driven. The wringer is generically designated 75 and is of ordinary con-1 struction except insofar as it is adapted to be driven through. the shaft 74. The clutches and. 72 are adapted to `be alternately moved into engagement with their respective clutch members through the medium of a yoke-shaped actuator 75. which has downwardly projecting arms 76 and 77 passing through slots 78 and 79 (see Fig. 3), in a casing 80. l

The yoke-shaped member is adapted to be operated through the medium of a handle 81, pivoted thereto, which 4may swing down into engagement with the notches 82 and 83 -so as to hold thel actuator in the extreme of two positions; that is, when the yoke-shaped actuator is moved in one direction to throw the mangle into operation, the wringer will be out and vice versa, and in either position, the handle 81, entering either of the notches 82 or 83, will constitute a lock. This is an important feature of my invention.

The receptacle 1 may be rovi-ded with a l()%` w-of)-valve, conventiona ly shown at 84 I will be apparent that when the parts are assembled the clothes will be subjected to the action of steam or hot water as well as a reciprocating and oscillato rubbing motion so as to completely elimlnate dirt and extraneous matter from the fabric, the rubbing action, however, being entirely mechanical.

It will also be apparent that the shape of the4 agitator is such that the cups constitute vacuum recesses, tendin tocreate a suction when in o eration and t ereb facilitate theI 5 ing upper andlower chamberstherein andcomprising a plate inclined. downwardly' from the sides ofthe receptacley toward the lcenter, the-plate formed with an upstandy mg dome'at 4its center, having perforations through which contents of the upper cham- 10 ber may drain to the ,lower chamber.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature. y

HENRY SIEBENf 

